Daily Archives: November 3, 2020

7 steps for making IT layoffs as painless as possible

When layoffs become necessary due to poor market conditions, increased competition, overly optimistic planning or any other reason, it’s often left to IT leaders to make the tough decisions and to deliver the bad news to the team. Yet before deciding whom to let go, who needs to stay and how to minimize the impact…

Accenture apprenticeships diversify talent pipelines, bridge IT gaps

When it comes to finding qualified talent to fill key roles, many IT leaders these days are coming up short. Ninety-six percent of US-based IT and business executives in a recent CompTIA survey said too many workers lack advanced IT skills, with nearly 9 in 10 believing that neither K-12 schools nor colleges are sufficiently…